Essential System Administration (Nutshell Handbooks)
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ISBN: 1565921275 / Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, September 1995
"Essential System Administration" introduces readers to the care and feeding of UNIX systems in a real-world, heterogeneous environment. It provides a compact, manageable treatment of the tasks and issues that everyone responsible for a UNIX system faces.
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Essential System Administration takes an in-depth look at the fundamentals of Unix system administration in a real-world, heterogeneous environment. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced administrator, you'll quickly be able to apply its principles and advice to your everyday problems.The book approaches Unix system administration from the perspective of your job -- the routine tasks and troubleshooting that make up your day. Whether you're dealing with frustrated users, convincing an uncomprehending management that you need new hardware, rebuilding the kernel, or simply adding new users, you'll find help in this book. You'll also learn about back up and restore and how to set up printers, secure your system, and perform many other system administration tasks. But the book is not for full-time system administrators alone. Linux users and others who administer their own systems will benefit from its practical, hands-on approach.This second edition has been updated for all major Unix platforms, including SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.4, AIX 4.1, Linux 1.1, Digital Unix, OSF/1, SCO Unix Version 3, HP/UX Versions 9 and 10, and IRIX Version 6. The entire book has been thoroughly reviewed and tested on all of the platforms covered. In addition, networking, electronic mail, security, and kernel configuration topics have been expanded substantially.Topics covered include:Starting up and shutting down your systemAdding new usersManaging processesSystem securityOrganizing and planning file systemsPlanning and performing backupsSetting up pointersTCP/IP networkingSetting up emailAdding terminals and disk drivesSetting up and using the accounting system
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